A lifetime ago I was in Venice for one day and because Bali was not going to happen this year we decided to do a five days trip to Venice.

It is worth to look for accommodation a bit outside of the main attractions, because it is more calm there, cheaper and there are less tourists. We stayed in a small Hotel on Murano and it was a good choice.

If you want to safe money, don’t go for water taxis but rather get yourself a ticket for the water busses. They are driving around almost the entire day and everywhere you can imagine and you get a little sight seeing tour if you are riding with them. There are different types of day passes: 1,2,3,5,7 day passes with unlimited rides on these days. Its really worth it (7 days will cost 72€, 5 days 52€ and 3 days 32€). Nevertheless we still walked approx. 70km during these five days (just to give you an idea what to expect).

You can plan one day for sight seeing on the main island with Rialto Bridge, Canal Grande, Marcus Square etc. It’s great to be there early in the morning, then you might have a chance to take pictures without too many people. If you want to make a Gondola ride 35min. will be 80€. We did rather spend that money for food.

I can recommend two restaurants (if you don’t want to look for good ones yourself, because I was told that the food in Venice is not always so yummy):

Versus Meridianem in Murano – very chic, industrial style and with a stunning view onto the laguna. Everything is made fresh. Startes are around 5€, Pizza between 6-12€, Pasta the same. Desserts are around 6€. Aperol Spritz is cheap everywhere, usually around 3,50€ and a quarter liter of the housewine was 3€. I think the prices are a good deal and not as expensive as expected. I had Bruchetta, Pizza Quattro Formaggio and Tiramisu and I was in heaven.

Spaghetteria 6342 A Le Tole (and Alla Corte) – pasta is made fresh here and you can taste that. Prices are a little bit higher than in Versus Meridianem (because there are also a lot of fish dishes) but the quality is amazing and everything tastes very good. I recommend the Gnocchi in Gorgonzola Sauce. Dessert was a bit smaller than expected, but still very delicious.

Note: in Venice you have to pay “Copetto”, a small service fee of 2-3€ per person if you are sitting down in a restaurant/cafe and drink or eat something.

And now back to sightseeing. We wanted to spend a day at the beach, because the weather was just perfect. Lido is a different world. The streets are big and very bright and everything is very clean and chic (more like France). Everything is a little bit cheaper than on the main island and there are only a few tourists. Gelato is 1-1,50€ (on the main island you have to pay around 2€). Everything is more relaxed there. There is the “free beach” where you can just lie down or you have to pay 27€ for an umbrella and two sunbeds (very typical Italian).

And here comes my highlight – Burano.

I am sure you have already seen pictures of the cute, colorful houses. Just a beautiful, cute island with some channels and around houses in every color you can imagine. One is more cute than the other and taking pictures there is just lots of fun. But same here, the earlier the better. Otherwise you will have to escape into the smaller places around the channels, still with cute houses but less tourists. We arrived around 7am and had the island for ourselves. We took some amazing videos and pictures (I will show them in a later post).

So that’s it from my little Venice recap, I hope you found some inspiration and enjoyed the pictures.